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International relations Médecins Sans Frontières state that Sudanese refugees are in 'humanitarian disaster' in South Sudan. (BBC) Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, meets Chinese leader Hu Jintao. (AFP via Google News) Law and crime Russia: A Moscow court convicts three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred and ...
Disasters Heading toward Taiwan, slow-moving Typhoon Saola's torrential rains lead to the deaths of at least 12 people and displacement of 154,000 in the Philippines. (The Washington Post) Law and crime The Tal Law, which granted a sweeping exemption from military service to a majority of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox population in Israel, expires. As a result Defense Minister Ehud Barak orders ...
310 – Pope Eusebius dies, possibly from a hunger strike, shortly after being banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily.; 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. [1]986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of the Gates of Trajan: The Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Samuel and Aron defeat the Byzantine forces at the Gate of Trajan, with Byzantine Emperor Basil II barely escaping.
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International relations Japan is to deport 14 pro- China activists who landed on the disputed Senkaku Islands. (Channel News Asia) The U.S. State Department calls the UN Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit "strange" and "not a good signal". (DPB) Law and crime Two Louisiana sheriff's deputies are killed and two others wounded in a shooting outside ...
Politics and elections Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Party nominee for the United States presidency, names Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as the Republican Party's vice presidential candidate in the presidential election in November. (BBC) Sports 2012 Summer Olympics: In the association football final, Mexico defeats Brazil 2–1 and wins the gold medal. This victory marks the first ...